Va Retail Merchants Assn

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Lobbyists Employed

  • Aldrich, Laurie Peterson
    (Details)

    1025 Boulders Pkwy
    Ste 110
    Richmond, VA 23225

    804-649-0789

    Registered: 11/19/2015
    Matters: All matters related to retailers and business including but not limited to: budget and tax issues justice and larceny labor and employment tobacco, firearms and alcohol agriculture and food product bans pharmacy and health care environmental - plastic bags, recycling, product stewardship, waste water privacy
    Job title: President
  • Jones, Petrina L
    (Details)

    1025 Boulders Pkwy
    Ste 110
    Richmond, VA 23225

    804-643-0605

    Registered: 1/6/2016
    Matters: Matters pertaining to the retail industry.
    Job title: Director of Government Affairs
  • Shreve, Kyle
    (Details)

    701 E Franklin St
    STE 809
    Richmond, VA 23219

    804-649-8762

    Registered: 6/9/2015
    Matters: All matters regarding retailers including, but not limited to: taxes larceny threshold cigarette licensing plastic bags employment
    Job title: Director, Government Affairs

Lobbyists Retained

  • Andrus, Joel
    Firm: Kemper Consulting Inc
    (Details)

    112 Granby St
    STE 400
    Norfolk, VA 23510

    757-627-1988

    Registered: 6/22/2015
    Firm: Kemper Consulting Inc
    Matters: All matters of concern to the Virginia Retail Merchants Association.
  • Edwards, Michael L
    Firm: Kemper Consulting Inc
    (Details)

    12 S 3rd St
    Richmond, VA 23219

    804-649-7945

    Registered: 6/22/2015
    Firm: Kemper Consulting Inc
    Matters: All matters of concern to the Virginia Retail Merchants Association.
  • Grogg, William Ross IV
    Firm: Kemper Consulting Inc
    (Details)

    112 Granby St
    Ste 400
    Norfolk, VA 23510

    757-627-1988

    Registered: 6/24/2015
    Firm: Kemper Consulting Inc
    Matters: All matters that relate to, or affect retailing and business.
  • Helm, Frederick P
    Firm: Kemper Consulting Inc
    (Details)

    12 S 3rd St
    Richmond, VA 23219

    804-649-7945

    Registered: 6/22/2015
    Firm: Kemper Consulting Inc
    Matters: All matters of concern to the Virginia Retail Merchants Association.
  • Kemper, John-Garrett
    Firm: Kemper Consulting Inc
    (Details)

    112 Granby St
    STE 400
    Norfolk, VA 23510

    757-627-1988

    Registered: 6/19/2015
    Firm: Kemper Consulting Inc
    Matters: All matters that relate to, or affect retailing and business
2016 Regular Session
All Issues Alcoholic Beverages Aviation Chesapeake Bay Civil Procedure Constitutional Amendments Consumer Protection Counties Cities & Towns Criminal Justice Environmental Regulations K-12 Misc. Health Care Organized Labor/Right to Work Pets/Animal Welfare Ports Poverty Prescription Medicine Privacy Property Rights Public Health Regulations Sales Tax Small Business State Budget Tax Credits/Exemptions Torts Tourism Worker's Comp

HB1141

Invasion of privacy; civil action; damages; attorney fees and costs.
Chief Patron: Matt Fariss
Status: Killed

HB1167

Grand larceny; increases threshold amount of money taken, etc., to $1,000.
Chief Patron: Joe Lindsey
Status: Killed

HB1248

Private property; landowner also owns airspace.
Chief Patron: Dave Albo
Status: Killed

HB1258

Minimum wage; increases wage from federally mandated level to $8.50 per hour.
Chief Patron: Sam Rasoul
Status: Killed

HB1320

Port Opportunity Fund; transfers to Fund.
Chief Patron: Jay Leftwich
Status: Killed

HB1371

2 Close Floor Votes

Local government; prohibition on certain mandates upon employers.
Chief Patron: Jackson Miller
Status: Vetoed

HJ2

2 Close Floor Votes

Constitutional amendment; right to work (second reference).
Chief Patron: Dickie Bell
Status: Enacted

HJ72

Minimum wage; effects of increasing the in the Commonwealth.
Chief Patron: Paul Krizek
Status: Killed

HJ78

Resolution; encouraging employers in the Commonwealth to pay their employees a living wage.
Chief Patron: Matthew James
Status: Killed

SB18

Companion animals; surgical sterilization program.
Chief Patron: Bill Stanley
Status: In Senate

SB23

Close Floor Vote

Grand larceny and certain property crimes; increases threshold amount of money taken, etc.
Chief Patron: Bryce Reeves
Status: Killed

SB29

Budget Bill.
Chief Patron: Tommy Norment
Status: Killed

SB55

Disposable plastic shopping bags; local option to prohibit distribution.
Chief Patron: Mamie Locke
Status: Killed

SB88

Minimum wage; increases wage from its current federally mandated level to $8 per hour.
Chief Patron: Dave Marsden
Status: Killed

SB114

Plastic bags; tax imposed in Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Chief Patron: Chap Petersen
Status: Killed

Matters: All matters related to retailers and business including but not limited to: budget and tax issues justice and larceny labor and employment tobacco, firearms and alcohol agriculture and food product bans pharmacy and health care environmental - plastic bags, recycling, product stewardship, waste water privacy

Principal contact for Va Retail Merchants Assn:

  • Laurie Peterson Aldrich
    701 E Franklin St
    STE 809
    Richmond, VA 23219

    804-869-0789

Information on this page comes from public documents on file with the office of the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council.